Day: August 17, 2018

The censorship board. George Creel is seated at far right. Harris & Ewing/Library of Congress An executive order signed in 1917 created what’s been called ‘the nation’s first ministry of information.’ The media are still feeling its impact. By Dr. Christopher B. Daly / 04.27.2017 Professor of Journalism Boston University When the United States declared[…]

Horace Greeley, between about 1860 and 1865. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration It’s easy to think of data journalism as a modern invention. It’s not. By Scott Klein / 03.17.2015 It’s easy to think of data journalism as a modern invention. With all the hype, a casual reader might assume that it was invented[…]

Early desire to remove George Washington as the Continental Army’s Commander-in-Chief. By Dr. John Buescher Historian You might not think that the father of our country had any detractors, but he did, especially in the wake of so many military setbacks—not only in New York, but later in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Starting with the[…]

Illustration of The Liberty Tree in Boston. From A History of Boston, the metropolis of Massachusetts, from its origin to the present period, by Caleb H. Snow, 1825 / Houghton Library, Wikimedia Commons Taxes that pushed colonists over the edge. By Dr. Andrew Shankman Graduate Program Director, Professor of History Camden College Rutgers University After[…]

Statue of Themistocles in Piraeus, Greece By David Van Dyk / 08.17.2016 “My boy, you will be nothing insignificant, but definitely something great, either for good or evil.” – School teacher of Themistocles Since he was only a child, he knew he had always wanted the respect and recognition of his fellow citizens. He hungered[…]

A detail from the frieze of the Treasury of the Siphians at Delphi depicting the Gods fighting the Giants (525 BCE), Delphi Archaeological Museum. / Photo by Mark Cartwright, Creative Commons In the ancient Greek world, warfare was seen as a necessary evil of the human condition. By Mark Cartwright / 03.27.2018 Historian In the[…]